The relevance of training specialists in the Health Technology Assessment in the world and Ukraine

Based on generalization of the modern international experience the areas of development of the methodology for training specialists in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) system have been determined; they reflect the categories of information consumers, the goal, methods, organizers and intermediaries of knowledge transfer. The analysis of the market of educational services, educational curricula and Internet resources in the field of HTA has been conducted. Based on the results they are classified into 4 groups - academic programs, professional improvement and continuing education, short-term training and information for various target groups, online courses at the pre-graduate level and for postgraduate training. According to the all-Ukrainian survey the necessity for training specialists in the field of "expert in assessing health technologies" has been confirmed. Based on the information needs, requirements of stakeholders and international experts in HTA a qualification characteristic, and on its basis - the professional academic program, have been developed at the National University of Pharmacy, as well as training of the corresponding specialists has been started. In the future, it is planned to expand educational services and conduct short-term courses and workshops, as well as online training of specialists in HTA at the postgraduate level.